White Friday · Saudi Arabia & UAE

One day, won in the eight weeks before it

Creative, content, the landing page, paid campaigns and measurement — for your store in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, or both. Start two weeks out and you pay more to reach fewer people.

27 November
White Friday 2026
8 weeks
The preparation that works
Two markets
Saudi Arabia and the UAE
In-house
Creative, page and campaign
What it is

White Friday, Black Friday — one occasion, three names

Saudi Arabia searches «الجمعة البيضاء», the UAE uses both White Friday and Black Friday, and Black Friday is the international label. The name is not cosmetic: calling it something your audience does not makes you read as foreign in your own market.

The date is the Friday after American Thanksgiving — 27 November 2026. But the Gulf season has effectively stretched across all of November, and many stores open their offers a fortnight early.

Which means the competition for attention starts in early November, not on the Friday. Launching in the final week means buying ads in the most expensive week of the year — behind the brands that prepared.

The real schedule

Eight weeks, not one

This schedule is practical rather than ideal — and it is what separates a campaign that earns from one that merely spends.

8 weeks

The offer and the decision

What is discounted, by how much, at what margin, against what stock? A weak offer is not rescued by strong advertising, and most of what gets wasted in this season is wasted here.

6 weeks

Creative and content

Photography, design, video. The longest item on the schedule and the first to get compressed when a client starts late — so the work ships rushed in the most important week of the year.

4 weeks

Landing page and measurement

A page built for the offer rather than the homepage, with measurement that separates traffic by ad. Built and tested before spending starts, not after.

3 weeks

Warming the audience

Awareness campaigns before the selling ones, so the offer lands on people who already know you. Advertising to strangers in the year's most expensive week is the costliest way to sell.

The week

Launch and daily management

Spend concentrates and management becomes daily rather than weekly: what works gets more, what does not gets stopped the same day.

After

Post-season

Buyers get retargeted, abandoned carts get reminded, and the report gets read while planning next year.

A client starting late gets what can genuinely be delivered, and a straight account of what the time no longer allows — rather than a promise of a schedule that cannot be met.

What we build

Four scopes, by how ready you are

Not every store needs everything. We start from what you have: good material needs a campaign, no material needs building from the ground up.

Paid campaigns only

For anyone with usable creative and a page that works: we build, run and measure the campaigns and handle distribution across platforms.

  • Campaigns built on the platforms your audience uses
  • Audience segmentation and retargeting
  • Daily management through the peak week
  • Reporting on cost per purchase

Creative and content

For a strong offer with weak material: product photography, design, and short vertical cuts for the platforms.

  • Product photography in our studio
  • Ad creative in every size the platforms require
  • Short vertical video for the feed platforms
  • Bilingual ad copy

The landing page

The offer needs its own page, not the homepage. Built fast, stating the offer plainly, measured precisely.

  • A bilingual page built for the offer
  • Load speed measured before launch
  • Measurement separating every traffic source
  • Payment tested before spending starts

The full campaign

From the decision to the report: the offer, the creative, the page, the warm-up, the launch and the post-season.

  • Offer and margin reviewed before any spend
  • All creative and content
  • Landing page and measurement
  • Campaigns and daily management
  • A closing report that feeds next year's plan
What we deliver

The whole campaign from one place

Photography, design, development and media sit with one team. Which means changing a creative mid-week takes hours rather than a week, and waits on nobody.

Offer review

We ask about margin and stock before designing anything. If the offer does not justify a campaign we say so — advertising does not rescue a weak offer.

Photography and creative

Product photography in our studio, with design and video in every size the platforms require.

Landing page

A page built for the offer — fast, measured, and payment-tested with real cards before launch.

Paid campaigns

Built and run on the platforms your audience actually uses, rather than on all of them.

Measurement

Wiring that shows which ad produced which purchase. Without it you spend without knowing what worked.

Post-season

Retargeting buyers, reminding abandoned carts, and a report worth reading before next year.

Build your campaign

Pick what fits, and print the scope

Select the lines you want. You get a printable scope document to send to your management, and we come back with a proposal against exactly what you chose.

Strategy and offer

Creative and content

Page and measurement

Campaigns

After the season

Your campaign scopeNothing selected yet — pick from the sections above.
Request a proposal
Where we work

Saudi Arabia and the UAE

The same campaign structure runs for both markets, with creative prepared per market: the name, the currency, the payment gateway and the language of the ad.

RiyadhJeddahDammamKhobarDubaiAbu DhabiSharjahAjman
Why Darb

Three practical reasons

Not promises — differences that show in a week that tolerates no delay.

We review the offer before designing

We ask about margin and stock first. If the offer does not justify a campaign we say so before taking your budget — advertising does not rescue a weak offer, and we will not pretend otherwise.

Creative, page and campaign are ours

Photography, design, development and media are one team. Changing a creative mid-peak-week takes hours rather than a week, and waits on no third supplier.

We measure before we spend

Tracking and the page are tested before spending starts, not after. A campaign launched without measurement spends the money and leaves you guessing at what worked.

Frequently asked

What clients ask before the campaign

When is White Friday 2026?

Friday 27 November 2026, the Friday after American Thanksgiving. The Gulf season has effectively stretched across all of November, though, and many stores open their offers a fortnight early.

When should preparation start?

Eight weeks out. The longest item is creative and content at six weeks, and it is the first thing compressed when a client starts late — so the work ships rushed in the most important week of the year.

What if we are already late?

We deliver what can genuinely be delivered and tell you plainly what the time no longer allows. A campaign on existing material with a fast landing page beats nothing — but we will not promise an eight-week schedule in two.

Does the price include media budget?

No. Media budget is paid to the platforms directly from your account, and our fee is separate. We also recommend the ad account stays in your name rather than ours, so you keep its data and its history.

What is the difference between White Friday and Black Friday?

The same occasion under different names. «الجمعة البيضاء» is the common term in Saudi Arabia; the UAE uses both White Friday and Black Friday. We recommend using whichever your audience uses — an unfamiliar name weakens the ad before it is read.

Do we need a landing page, or will the homepage do?

You need a page for the offer. A visitor arriving from an ad carrying a specific promise and landing on a general homepage leaves. A dedicated page is also measured precisely, so you know which ad produced which purchase.

Can you run the campaign in both markets?

Yes. One structure, with creative prepared per market — the name, the currency, the payment gateway and the language. Campaigns are kept separate so each market is measured on its own rather than blended.

Six weeks stand between you and 27 November

Choose your scope above or talk to us directly. We will tell you plainly what can be delivered in the time that is left.